Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-06-21
OXFORD COUNTY HORSE NOTES

Much Il said and written. now-a.dsy'.
about size Ia trolters and roadsters. and
intending breeders ara advised to patron
iEs only large s,allion', and q stallion. a
little under ,ir,. /. rejected. no matter to
what family Of hor.e, he belongs, nor
whl, hi, speed aad quality are. Ba,
those who have observed closely the diff
fesn, result. obtained by those Who have
tired % ra,s large colts by simply breed.
ing large mares 10 large stallion. eAa'
NJ, hep noticing the many failures ffon
this ooaue Of breeding, ani can also
plainly see the reason Of IL. which IL that
nearly all stallion. and mares belonging
TO any Of oar tro,,ing families are made
up Of 30 many diIereni strains OF blood.
coming through animals OF all sizes and
descriptions that Il is impossible TO tell,
for certainty. What the siz,. form or
color will Be of aoy colt bred in this way.
4. they freqlen,ly resemble some anees.
tor several generation, back. 50. II we
wish 70 breed large colts We should. when
selecting a s,A!lioa 70 breed from. pay
more a,ten,ioa to the average .iIs Of the
family TO which the stallion belongs than
to hi, individual siI,. II we should breed
TO a small stallion Of Hambls,onisn aud
M.mbriao blood We shoali be moro like
~ 10 se, a goodsiEsd col, than We would
70 breed 10 large stallion OF certain
.,rain. Of Morgan blood. The famoi'
uo,ling sire, Gso. Wilkes, Was only ID
hand, high. bu, bis descendants are no,
lacking in height norm substance. aver.s'
ins a, large a, the descendants OF the
H.mblsioaian or Clay blooi from which
he 'prang.
The well.knosn stallion. Harbiaser.
osnei by Anssl Bracket, Of P.,.hsld,
Me-, /, oaly Is hand, high. but hi, colts
posses. pleniy Of size snd substance.
while we nigh, cite many Instances OF
l6 hand stallion. whose gs, were no
larger ihan the average Of those Of the
family TO which they belong. We be-
lievc in trying 10 breed good sized horses
II combined with quality aud speed. Bii
We ,hirk /, poor policy 10 pass by a',Allion
or breeding mare whose ancestors are Of
good size. anl who /, sll rish, in every
other respect. jas, because they are IT.
tie undsr sized themselves. for their .'osk
will probably average n large as any OF
the same strain Of blood.
We called the other day a, the stable
OH. G. Marble. OF Paris, and were shown
two blood like looking fo.l,. the proiaes
Of the noted bfool mare. Fanny PAiehen.
.nd ,h., Of her daughter. Lsphyr VI.
by Norway Kpox. Fanny's col, i,a bay
with immense hooks and s,ihs. aud
look, like a ,ro,,er already. although 6a,
five day. oil when we saw him. Ills
sire /, Messenger Wilkes. one Of the best
bred Ani mos, popular stations in Maine.
Zephyr NJ col, !, brown and - very
rangy and handsomely formed. She va,
20, by Ecl,ir. by Gen. KaoS. And 'irc OF
the PAGER. Nina. 2.225. and Of Me,sllAk.
ownsd by Marble N Pierce. IL Is the
inien,ioa Of the owner. Of these splendid
mare. TO breed them both TO Messenger
Wilkes the presen, season.
We sec by the Journal ,hl, George
Bhlsh.m. Of Biekaeld. h. sold hi.
matched pair Of yeArliug colts. mentioned
in ,hi, column few weeks ago. TO Bo''
ion parties.
Mr. Chnle, Pnnee also iaformei ms
that he wa, offered sl75 for his three.
ys.r-old colt. by Volute. also described
by u. Ia ,hi, paper. Nothing like hav.
ing them written up ia the DEnocRAr II
you want TO sell them.
The Osiord County Breeders A''o.
eia,ioa colt stakes. and also stakes for $3.50
and 1855 elas. advertised TO close June
Let. will be lsf, open until July l''. owing
10 the fact ,hA, some OF the elssse. have
no, filled. Those who enter July l'l
mus, make frs, and seeond payments =,
one time a. the stakes will close Tor
eer,Ain,y al that time. For the colt
stakes there mus, be s. to enter aud 81
10 start.
A. I. MAXIM.